[address-policy-wg] 2017-01 New Policy Proposal (Publish statistics on Intra-RIR Legacy updates)

On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 5:41 PM, Elvis Daniel Velea <elvis at v4escrow.net>
wrote:

> Hi Sascha,
>
>
> On 4/26/17 1:26 AM, Sascha Luck [ml] wrote:
>
>> Hi Elvis,
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 07:42:12PM +0300, Elvis Daniel Velea wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> What it will do is, for 'transfers' of Legacy space where both the old
>>> and the new holder want to have it verified by the RIPE NCC, both parties
>>> will need to sign a document where parties authorised to sign will confirm
>>> the change of the legacy holder (basically, a transfer).
>>>
>>
>> Oh, this is *voluntary*?
>>
> kinda... I am expecting all Buyers to request this process when they
> decide to receive a Legacy Resource. I would definitely request it if I
> knew the RIPE NCC can provide an additional confirmation.
>

Currently as written it's voluntary from the perspective of RIPE policy,
but if almost all sophisticated buyers expect it, is it truly voluntary?
Furthermore, doesn't having it be voluntary unnecessary expose
unsophisticated buyers to a higher risk from fraudulent actors?  Is caveat
emptor really the fundamental concept we want enshrined in policy for the
transfer of Legacy Resources?

Then, what about any LRHs that want the additional protection of RIPE
validating any and all attempted transfers of their resource by possibly
fraudulent actors. It may be an additional requirement, but that can also
be seen as additional layer of protection for both sides.  For buyers there
is some protection they not dealing with a fraudulent seller.  For LRHs it
makes it a little harder for someone to fraudulently sell their resources
out from under them.

We can't eliminate fraud, but making this mandatory seems like a minimal
level of protection for both buyers and LRHs.

Thanks.

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